Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Condition Can Now Be Diagnosed 6 Weeks After Birth Instead Of 18 Months New Delhi: A simple blood test is now helping India identify the status of children born to HIV positive mothers as early as six weeks after their birth, instead of 18 months. Till recently, paediatricians in India, …
Mumbai: Seven major food and beverage companies have signed a unique pledge committing themselves to responsible advertising and marketing to children. This is the first such self-regulatory pledge in India on the lines of the one in the European Union. According to people familiar with the development, companies which have …
New Delhi: Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) could be in for more trouble with the Chhattisgarh government filing legal proceedings against it for illegally starting work on its 2,400 MW thermal power project in the state. Proceedings were launched by the Chhattisgarh Pollution Control Board after it found that the company, …
New Delhi: Nano, the world's cheapest car, has just got a tad expensive. Burdened by rising cost of inputs, Tata Motors said it was increasing the prices of the Nano by 3-4%, or by between Rs 3,700 and Rs 6,800 across variants, though the prices remain the same for the …
Moscow: A heat wave across much of Europe is causing crops to wither, forest fires to ignite and roads to melt, while refrigerators and fans are buckling in the searing sun. From Russia
New Delhi: Heightened environmental concerns have given the Union government a new handle over state governments, as Jairam Ramesh, unfettered by either the recent gaffe in China or a couple of recent setbacks, has not shied from showing the green rule book when the chance arises. The political will to …
Environmentalists Fear Lowering Of Tax On Diesel Will Only Add To Pollution In Capital New Delhi: For a city that seems to be fighting a losing battle with the number of vehicles on its roads, the rollback of VAT on diesel comes as a serious setback for its environment. Experts …
New Delhi: A fake mineral water manufacturing unit in Ghaziabad was busted on Friday. The factory was in operation for the past several years and it was supplying mineral water to various areas in Delhi and NCR, police said. The unit, located in Sahibabad, used to pack the water in …
New Delhi: Giving in to the demand of petrol and diesel dealers in the capital, Delhi government on Friday decided to roll back the Value Added Tax (VAT) on diesel from 20% to 12.50% per litre. This was decided at a cabinet meeting held at chief minister Sheila Dikshit
Dehradun: The fate of 56 hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, with a projected power generation capacity of 963 MW, hangs in balance after the state BJP government on Thursday night abruptly cancelled their allotment. These projects were initiated when B C Khanduri was the CM in 2008. Following the state government
Kolhapur civic administration has taken up many ambitious projects, thanks to the initiatives by Vijay Singhal, municipal commissioner. He recently received an award from the Prime Minister for the river-linking project he had taken up during his stint at Jalgaon Correspondent Moving fast on the growth track, Kolhapur has come …
